The spring breeze is not coming, the catkins are not happy, the weather in May is warm and makes people want to take a drunken nap, and from time to time a few birds that have crossed the winter are chirping in flocks, I don't know if I am laughing at the crowd that has not experienced the cold.

The Du family, one of the four major families in Shanghai, according to rumors, has a force to be reckoned with behind it, and the industries under its jurisdiction are all over the coastal area, and the general population simply understands how the Du family is rich from the rich list, but they don't understand that this is just the tip of the iceberg of the Du family, just like all the family sects seem to be ethereal in the eyes of the world.

Du Jiaming is a business family on the surface, but in fact it is the inheritance of the ancient martial arts, as a member of the Jianghu circle, the reputation is not obvious, but the status is not low, the headquarters of the Du family is in Hebei, the main sphere of influence is in Shanghai, the Du family is divided into five halls, these five halls are Lian Wu Hall, Elder Hall, Disciple Hall, Liaison Hall, Economic and Trade Hall, this family is only the head of the family.

Lianwutang is now controlled by the three elders of the Tang family, Huo Qilin Du Qiushui, mainly to help the children of the family practice martial arts on weekdays, or there are some irreconcilable contradictions, there will be a very small number of life and death battles under the auspices of the elders, by the way, there is also the role of this library pavilion, the status is very important, most of the scriptures and calligraphy exercises collected by the Du family in the past hundred years are hidden in this martial arts hall, which can be said to be the most important.

In fact, the elder hall is not governed by anyone alone, and it can also be said to be the largest authority other than the head of the family, and the elders also have ranks, among which the purple-robed elders have the greatest power, which is equivalent to the most basic decision-making power of the standing committee members, and the blue-robed elders are equivalent to ordinary members who have the power to participate in politics, when there is a ruling on something, if the majority of the blue elders support it, it is generally effective, and it is considered a high-level member of the Du family, and the last one is the white-robed elders, which is equivalent to the alternate members. Naturally, the level is much higher than that of the disciples, but only when the enlarged meeting of the elders is held, they have the power to hear, but the small ones are pitiful, and generally this kind of white elder will serve as the steward of the family and continue to serve. As the name suggests, the elder hall is to become an elder after making a significant contribution to the family or having seniority, and will receive the family's tribute every month, which is the pillar and core of the family, in some respects, the elder hall can even be compared with the head of the family, the power is beyond words, and now the person in charge of the Du family hall is the great elder Du Qiuge, whose strength is unfathomable, and it is also a legend of the Du family. It is an existence of the level of the purple-robed elder.

The disciple hall is a very scattered existence, the Du family's century-old family, the descendants and side disciples have formed a strong clan power and blood source after so many years of development, as well as branches, which is to create a lot of disciples of the Du family over the years, so both the descendants and the side lines are under the management of the disciple hall, which is divided into core disciples, inner disciples, outer disciples, miscellaneous disciples, These four levels also just show that the essence and future development prospects of the Du family also want to be established as a big faction, and the miscellaneous disciples refer to the children of the foreign surname who are not even counted as collateral families, after all, the Du family also has vassal families and other blood sources, the outer disciples are the most common, the strength is not high, but most of them are the side of the Du family, the inner disciples can only enter the inner door after entering the acquired realm, and have their own independent courtyard and economic resources, the family will vigorously develop your prospects, as for the core disciples, they cannot serve as descendants, And the strength must reach the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow to be possible, equivalent to the future leader of the Du family, Du Taibai's efforts were only two months ago to become a core disciple, but it is said that he is already the most outstanding and young in history, once he becomes the future, the disciple hall is led by the second elder of the Du family, Du Qiuci, as the hall master, and the strength is also a level of the purple robe elder.

The Liaison Hall is a hall that the Du family began to build after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is not very important, but it is also immeasurable, and the status is not as important as the previous ones, so the Liaison Hall is served by the blue-robed elder Du Qingfeng, mainly to deal with the etiquette exchanges of the various sects on the rivers and lakes, the main purpose is to unite vertically and horizontally, and vigorously meet the allies who need to have strength to ensure their own strength, but the Du family is in Shanghai, and the surrounding relationship is only the Li family, the Zhuge family, and the Sima family, because the relationship with the latter two is not very harmonious, Coupled with the narrowness of the local area, this external liaison hall can be regarded as useless, but the only thing that can be used is to master the Du family's special investigation team and assassination team set up later, which can be regarded as the Du family's eyeliner, specializing in collecting various intelligence sources and assassinating and executing the enemies that the family wants to eradicate.

The economic and trade hall is a hall that the Du family values more, and it is quite important, and it is the top priority, this economic and trade hall is mainly responsible for planning the use of economic strength to package the development of the Du family, all the development of their own power as much as possible, including research and development of new products, investment in the securities market, the establishment of new companies, monopoly to make money, and a series of things related to the economy are presided over by the economic and trade hall, including a series of expenses of the Du family, etc., which can be regarded as the financial resources and economic pillars of the Du family. After all, such a family can stand and develop for a hundred years without the support of the economy, poor study, rich and martial arts, eternal unchanged, this economic and trade hall is the second generation of the Du family, that is, Du Gang's father Du Luoshu mastered, can be regarded as the head of the Du family, inside and outside the status is very noble, can be regarded as the henchman of the contemporary head of the family.

The head of the Du family is designated by the previous head of the family, and the condition must be the descendants of the Du family, the skill must reach the congenital high-level, and has made significant strategic contributions and economic contributions to the family, all of which are indispensable, and can only be served after the resolution and voting of the elder hall, but the head of the family has a veto power, which determines the future course and development goals of the family, represents the spiritual pillar of the family's face, has the power to govern the five halls and the external affairs of the Du family, etc., and has the power to convene a meeting of elders and designate family rules. But it takes half of the Elders' Hall to agree, the contemporary head of the family Du Chaoyang is about forty years old, and his strength is very terrifying, since he became the head of the family four years ago, the reputation of the Du family has been pushed to a small **, Shanghai's sphere of influence and the status of the rivers and lakes have also risen slightly in recent years, and the strength of the family has not been shown for many years, but the wrist is very decisive and domineering, and he is ruthless to the enemy. However, he is very protective of the children of the family, and the elder hall is also very optimistic about Du Chaoyang's every move and behavior, and appreciates and supports him very much, this Du Chaoyang is Du Taibai's third uncle, the third son of the former head of the family.

Du family is now three generations, Du Chaoyang is the leader of the second generation and the contemporary head of the family, Du Chaoyang's father is Du Taibai's grandfather Du Qiu'an entrusted the position of the head of the family to the third son ten years ago, it is like an idle cloud and a wild crane, making friends all over the world, since then there is no news and I don't know whether it is life or death, Du Laozi has five sons and three daughters, of which the eldest son Du Chaoming is Du Taibai's father, but since he was a child, he has not been interested in practicing martial arts, on the contrary, he is an alternative to the Du family, became an honorary associate professor of a university and the deputy director of the Peking Museum, is an academic scholar, because this matter and the family father was very unhappy, and finally when he got married, he didn't tell Du Qiu'an, but the old man was half dead, and when he finally gave birth to Du Taibai, he was forced to be led by the old man who had a temper to rob the Du family, so as not to go on the old road of the eldest son.

The second son, Du Chaolin, has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he is indeed a real person, with a bold personality, and the fire unicorn Du Qiushui has a comparison, so he is also very regarded by the three elders, but he is a little unsatisfactory in terms of dealing with people, he is a natural martial arts idiot, and his skills are said to be no less than some elders, and he has been traveling far away, and occasionally comes back to see his family.

The third son is Du Chaoyang, both civil and military, and it is also very means both internally and externally, and finally makes up for the terrible idea that the old man has no successor, and after the eldest son resolutely embarked on the opposite path, he began to focus on supporting the third son Chaoyang to the throne, which also caused some unpleasantness in the elders' meeting back then, but in the end they were all suppressed without danger, and they were all regarded as Du Chaoyang's supporters in the elder hall over the years.

The fourth son Du Chaohuo and the fifth son Du Chaoran are also very good characters, but under the brilliance of the third brother, there is nothing too outstanding, they have been committed to taking care of the Du family's family business, and they are very interested in the economy, but they are also so-so in terms of martial arts, and they are not far behind, and they have all reached the level of elders.

As for the three daughters of the Du family, I have to say that they are really involuntary in the rivers and lakes, and generally the daughters are used as bargaining chips for family marriages and goods in exchange for the same amount of resources, but fortunately, Du Taibai's three aunts are also considered to be married to non-people, and their married life is not bad, including Du Chaoling, who married into the Li family, she brought Taibai up since she was a child, which can be regarded as giving Du Taibai a trace of maternal warmth.

Over the years, Du Taibai has been trying to give full play to his potential, that is, he often sees his grandfather and others mocking his father for evading his responsibilities as a descendant of the Du family, as a son he consciously wants to take on the things that his father avoided, although he does not blame his father for his original decision, but after all, he still does not understand, in the twenty years of the Du family, Du Taibai has been conscientiously doing his best self, but he is afraid of losing his father's face, and he has to support his waist in the Du family for a day. Therefore, in terms of civil and martial arts, they are the younger generation who have surpassed the Du family, I don't know if it is because they have stimulated their potential after learning martial arts, and they have obtained the doctoral qualification of Chrisse University in the United States at the age of twenty-one with their magical qualifications and intelligence, which is really incalculable.